Money Blog - The Real Cost of that Tow

Photo by Mikes Photos from Pexels Note: My car isn't nearly this cool, but its headlights work better.
THE SCENARIO Around a year ago, I parked my car on the street and left it for a few days (I work from home so I don't drive every day). When I returned to the spot where I parked it, 3 days later, I discovered that they'd posted 'no parking' signs in the meantime, and had towed my car. I was pretty upset about this, as the sign hadn't been there when I parked the car, and I knew that getting my car back was going to eat up a chunk of my day and a bunch of my money. I was right on both counts. That afternoon, after I'd successfully gotten my car out of impound*, I was $350 lighter than I'd been the da... Read more...